Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard
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I'd call Foss Patent's Twitter cult Lulu-lite. Still haven't seen that interview they did with Xbox Two but I'm not expecting anything different from what they ramble about on Twitter, so nothing worth listening to.
Honestly that's what it is. These people who are so fervent for MS to acquire everything and contort themselves into the most inane talking points to basically say "no, Sony can't buy anyone to compete!", don't want "competition", they want replacement. They just want Sony out of the industry simply by being outspent, because they have 20+ years of history to show them that Microsoft cannot beat Sony on grounds of actual competition in the gaming industry. They know this, it pains them internally, and they have to swallow that reality every single day which is why their talking points during all this acquisition BS have become more and more radicalized.
They all basically sound like NPCs regurgitating the same stale script, repackaged in different flavors like a variety pack of cheap ramen noodles. But you can taste all the years of salt seeping through every single word they say, in every post they make, just from a single scoop of their soggy soup.
Yeah, Hoeg Law definitely leans green. I think people like Colin know this but still bring them on for interviews because it gives the illusion of debate, and know that two people who lean different ways being in the same discussion over a heated topic will draw in a lot of people who are into that potential drama.
It's Hogg, not Hoeg. That fat pig and that simpleton Foss are perfect Resetera members. They deserve each other.
It's fascinating to see Microsoft operating a reduced revenue model in the short term, with the goal of increasing subscriber count, then referencing their relative low revenue vis-a-vis PlayStation to justify acquiring more publishers.
I learned of Florian Muller's conflict of interest only recently. Explains why I keep seeing his writings posted to Reddit and other communities wanting the merger to proceed.
I learned of Florian Muller's conflict of interest only recently. Explains why I keep seeing his writings posted to Reddit and other communities wanting the merger to proceed.
Fascinating is one way to put it. They're devious little shits and the sooner people and regulators see through this and block them the more confidence I'll have in the human race.
I bet he does now, after having that conversation. I understand legally unless they prohibit games on specific platforms it technically cant be called a monopoly but come the fuck on Hoeg? Microsoft is the only one with the funds to make such purchases. There for how do smaller entities compete? They dont have the buying power?
So shouldnt regulation step in?
You can't sit there and believe its ok for MS to literally own the industry?
Another incentive that Sony has to respond with acquisitions of their own is that the bigger MS becomes the harder it becomes for them to limit themselves to Xbox while PlayStation has more than double the installed base already.
Sony wins the moment MS quits on Xbox, this is not about beating Gamepass/xCloud or MS as a publisher, it's about getting MS out of the console business.
As of right now the Series has been a big failure and other than the fact MS was willing to spend a lot of money in those acquisitions everything else has gone Sony's way.
My curiosity now is in regards to how Sony will react if the deal is approved, they have been surprisingly passive this whole gen specially in the last one and a half years. If Sony is to unveil things like a PS5 Slim, PS5 Pro, more third-party deals, start to market their own future lineup, a decent portable solution. If Sony is back to their 2009~2016 form Xbox could easily be done for before next gen when these acquisitions will actually start having any meaningful impact.
Sony wins the moment MS quits on Xbox, this is not about beating Gamepass/xCloud or MS as a publisher, it's about getting MS out of the console business.
As of right now the Series has been a big failure and other than the fact MS was willing to spend a lot of money in those acquisitions everything else has gone Sony's way.
My curiosity now is in regards to how Sony will react if the deal is approved, they have been surprisingly passive this whole gen specially in the last one and a half years. If Sony is to unveil things like a PS5 Slim, PS5 Pro, more third-party deals, start to market their own future lineup, a decent portable solution. If Sony is back to their 2009~2016 form Xbox could easily be done for before next gen when these acquisitions will actually start having any meaningful impact.
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Man, I’ve said it MANY times over the years, but seriously, FUCK NINTENDO.
Stole this from 4chan, thought it was a good post that can also be applied to Microsoft:
EA perfected the technique all the major publishers use back in the early 2000s after experimenting since the 90's:
1) Acquire a studio with a good reputation or strong IP. By hostile takeover if necessary (see: Bioware)
2) Gut payroll ASAP - chase out anyone that can command a significant salary or organize workers in opposition to the new owners
3) replace the workforce you forced out with recent graduates that have no idea what kind of salary to ask for or conditions they should put up with
4) Burn and turn workers and pump out crap that sells on brand/property recognition until the studio's name is dirt
5) Rename or shut down the studio and move on to the next one
EA perfected the technique all the major publishers use back in the early 2000s after experimenting since the 90's:
1) Acquire a studio with a good reputation or strong IP. By hostile takeover if necessary (see: Bioware)
2) Gut payroll ASAP - chase out anyone that can command a significant salary or organize workers in opposition to the new owners
3) replace the workforce you forced out with recent graduates that have no idea what kind of salary to ask for or conditions they should put up with
4) Burn and turn workers and pump out crap that sells on brand/property recognition until the studio's name is dirt
5) Rename or shut down the studio and move on to the next one
One of the reasons sony should buy square and capcom in next 3-5 years s to cut of nintendo from those ips and fight their monopoly.
Nintendo s definition of little bitch.
Microsoft and Nintendo have been using an "the enemy of my enemy is my friend concept" for years. Remember when Microsoft team up with Nintendo for Minecraft and Sony didn’t allow crossplay? They really forced Sony into allowing crossplay.
Sony is looking weak in almost every way
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Very relevant considering they are a telecom and can have XCloud games on every phone.